I was received a beautiful bicycle as a birthday present. One day, when I took a ride on my bicycle in
the park, a boy was walking around the bicycle, admiring it.

“Is this your bicycle?”, he asked.

“My brother gave it to me on my birthday”, I replied with pride and satisfaction.

 

“Oh, I wish…”, he hesitated.

Of course I knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said was unexpected to me: 

“I wish,” the boy went on slowly, “that I could be a brother like that”. I saw his face full of determination. Then, he went to the bench behind me, where his little crippled brother was sitting and said:

“Someday, I’m gonna give you a wheelchair on your birthday.”

- Dan Clark

A brother like that!

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A little girl was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a
blood transfusion from her five-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease because he had developed and antibodies needed to combat the illness.

The doctor explained the situation to her little brother and asked him whether he was ready to transfer blood. He hesitated for only a moment, then took a deep breath and said, “Yes, I’ll do it if it will make my sister healthy.”


As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister. He smiled as seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away? Please save my dear sister.”

Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give her all his blood.

- Dan Millman

On courage

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Golf is not something you can try on the spur of the moment; getting started in the sport is a major decision. It takes practice, patience, and preparation. You need the clubs, the shoes, the funny clothes, and of course the people to play with. Sometimes just getting to the point where you can finally tee off seems like more trouble than it’s worth. But many first-timers find, as they settle into their stance with the sun on their backs and get set to address the ball, that all that work and waiting seem justified.  

You are a novice trying your first full round of golf. You’ve hooked, sliced, hacked, whacked, and mulliganed your way through so far. It hasn’t been pretty, but with some determination and after a little timely encouragement from your partner, you finally manage to sink the ball in the eighteenth hole. How do you feel now that you’ve completed the course?

 
Source: Kokology - The Game of Self-Discovery

Fore

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It’s easy to laugh at other people, but making others laugh is a different story. There are some people who will do anything to achieve that end, but few of us are willing to resort to making fools of ourselves for a chuckle. True comics have mastered the balancing act of tickling the funny bone without either inflicting pain or injuring their own dignity. A good sense of humor is a rare commodity and consistently rates as the attribute most people look for in their partners and friends. Shared laughter brings people together and leaves a bond rooted in the knowledge that someone else out there got the joke. 

  1. You are making your debut as a stand-up comedian. You want to be a hit, but there is one person you definitely don’t want to show up to watch you perform. Who is that person?
  2. What do you see as the single most important ingredient in determining success in the comedy business?
  3. During your act, you made a single blunder. What kind of mistake was it, and how did you attempt to recover?
  4. One member of the audience laughed harder and longer than anyone else. Who was this fan of yours?
 
Source: Kokology - The Game of Self-Discovery

Funny Business

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